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One of 500 First Editions of Hardy's Second Book

[Thomas Hardy].Under the Greenwood Tree.A
Rural Painting of the Dutch School. By the Author of 'Desperate
Remedies.' In Two Volumes. London: Tinsley Brothers, 1872. First
edition, one of 500 printed. Two octavo volumes. [vi], 215; [vi],
216 pages. Publisher's green, beveled, sand-grain cloth with gilt
spine titles, rules in gilt and black on the spine, and black
Oxford frame stamping on the covers. Moderate wear to the cloth,
with noticeable rubbing to the spine gilt, especially to volume
two. Spines cocked. Corners rubbed and some exposed. Bindings
shaken, and cracked in several places in volume one and after page
64 of volume two. Some gatherings standing proud, with one or two
almost loose in volume two. Hinges tender and starting. Ownership
signatures to the front pastedowns. A complete copy of Hardy's rare
second book, published anonymously, in very good condition. Purdy,
pp. 6-8. Sadleir 1117. Webb, pp. 5-6.

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